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NewsViewing jury is still out on BBC2's Verdict
BBC2's new celebrity-based jury show got a lukewarm reception from the viewers on Sunday with the first edition attracting 2 million (8%) in a 9pm slot.
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Tiger and Wark Clements join forces
Tiger Aspect and Wark Clements have banded together to form a 50:50 joint-venture indie to produce comedy, entertainment, drama and factual programmes in Glasgow, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC2 drama to tap into dotcom fever
Award-winning This Life and The Cops producer World Productions has started work on a major 20-part drama series for BBC 2 about an internet start-up, writes Tim Dams.
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Treays quits United for Granada TV
Granada Television head of documentaries Bill Jones has poached acclaimed film-maker Jane Treays from United Productions, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV2 acquires new series of HTV's Nuts and Bolts
ITV2 director of programmes Brian Barwick is in the final stages of acquiring a second series of Welsh teen soap Nuts and Bolts (right) from HTV Wales, three weeks into the
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SKY MOVIEMAX DROPS MOVIE BABYLON
Sky MovieMax show Movie Babylon has failed to secure a recommission for a new series. Produced in-house, the 30 x 30-minute show presented by Sue Perkins, first aired in October 1999.
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NewsTV-Loonland inks raft of deals for Little Princess
German distributor TV-Loonland has secured a string of broadcast and home entertainment deals for The Illuminated Film Company's pre-school series Little Princess.
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THE SLEEPER NOW WIDE AWAKE AND IN PRODUCTION
BBC Production drama serials department has gone into production with The Sleeper, a psychological/supernatural thriller for BBC 1. Billed as a darkly humorous tale of strange goings on at a haunted
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THIRD MAN TO PRODUCE BRIDGE DOC FOR CARLTON
Plymouth indie Third Man Productions has been commissioned to produce two series for Carlton's West Country region. The Bridge is a 2 x 30-minute programme following a team working on a
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YATES FRONTS CONTROVERSY-BASED VIDEO HISTORY SHOW
Sky One has lined up Paula Yates to front a new show about censored, cut and controversial clips from music and video history. The Censored Video Show is a 2 x
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NewsBBC Worldwide licenses operas for Voom HD block
US cable channel Gallery HD has bought a package of operas from BBC Worldwide and UK production company Opus Arte for its new Sunday afternoon programming block Opera and an Omelet.
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Salmon calls for more BBC drama
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon said he wants to see more drama on the channel, as he launched a£242 million spring/summer season this week.Unveiling 10 new dramas, he said: 'I
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Reeves in solo project
Comedian Vic Reeves is to make his first ever solo TV project without partner Bob Mortimer, a 13 x 24-minute show called Vic Reeves' Mind for UKTV music and comedy channel UK Play, writes Tim Dams.
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GMTV signs itsy bitsy deal
GMTV has signed its biggest international co-production deal in its history, linking with US production shop itsy bitsy Entertainment Company to create a pre-school puppet and animation show, writes Colin Robertson.
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Endemol secures further exposure on MTV
Endemol International's high-tech dating format Exposedhas been commissioned for a further 40 half-hour episodes by MTV in the US.
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Overnight Ratings - ITV and BBC in weekend viewing battle
BBC 1 and ITV battled it out last weekend, with Vic and Bob winning its Saturday (17 March) slot for the BBC and Sarah Lancashire on ITV pulling in the crowds on Sunday (18 March), writes Paul Donovan.
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Oldest mums doc plays on Blair's baby
ITV's Real Life strand has greenlit a one-off documentary from Granada about Britain's oldest mums, to coincide with the birth of Cherie Blair's baby, writes Colin Robertson.
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Platt named director of Kilgarriff portal
Former Rapture chief Richard Kilgarriff has signed ex-United Broadcasting and Entertainment director of broadcasting and channel development Richard Platt as non-executive director of his new entertainment portal ichoosetv, writes David Wood.
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Frizell firm favourite for GMTV editor
GMTV board members are expected to announce the appointment of executive producer of weekday output Martin Frizell as the broadcaster's new editor next week, writes Colin Robertson.
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Jessel quits Just to work for himself
Just TV co-founder and presenter David Jessel is relinquishing his directorship and going freelance following the indie's loss of the Channel 4 Trial and Error contract last year, writes Ashley Davies.